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Patented Feb. 28, I899.

I. MAZEL.

SHAVING APPARATUS.

(Apphcahon filed May 7, 1898) (No Model.)

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- accompanying drawings, in which- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRENEE MAZEL, or. TouLoUsE, FRANCE.

S HAVING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 620,474, dated February28, 1899.

Application filed May 7, 1898. Serial No. 680,080. N model.)

To et-ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IRENEE MAZEL, a citizen of. the Republic of France,residing at Toulouse, France, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shaving Apparatus,of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a new shaving apparatus for tonsures,by meansof which priests can themselves shave their tonsures or can have it donequite easily by an assistant.

In order to make the invention better understood, the invention isillustrated in the Figure 1 shows the whole apparatus in perspective.Fig. 2 is a vertical axial section thereof on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3is a plan, and Fig. 4 a modified construction, of a detail of theinvention applied as an ordinary razor.

The apparatus according to the present invention consists of a supportconstituted by a central hub I, provided with radial arms B. To the endsof'these arms are secured by setscrews uprights S, provided, preferably,with rubber feet and surrounded by aring P, which maintains them at afixed distance apart. The hub I of the support carries in its center asleeve or socket I, serving as a guide for a tube or tubular shaft H,adapted to rotate and reciprocate in said socket. The tube H issurrounded at the top by a collar M, which is arranged to support anoperating-handle N. This tubular shaft H is provided at the bottom witha slotted guide F, the function of which will be hereinafter described.

At a suitable point there is connected to the handle N the head of acentral spindle G, arranged inside the central tubular shaft H. The headof this spindle G is hollow and serves to receive a spring which bymeans of a bolt 0 presses against the handle N in order to take up theeffect of shocks that the latter may receive from the hand of the user.

About the middle of the length of the central spindle G apin g is passedthrough it, the ends of the pin passing through longitudinal slots inthe tubular shaftH and serving to support a spring L, placed in theinterior of an outer sleeve L, the shoulder or inner flange of which ispressed upward against the pin 9 under the action of the spring Li.

Around the tubular shaft H there is placed between the shoulder of thesleeveL and the hub I of the support, another spring K, which a bent baror angle-plate E, on which is placed the hinge or pivot e of an arm E,about the opposite end of which is pivoted a lever or plate C. Thislatter is attached toa slit hollow bar or channel-piece B of, say, adovetailed cross-section, which bar can be connected with the maleportion of another dovetail part or tenon of the blade-support A. Thisconnection is shown in Fig. 4.

The blade-support A may be in the form 0 a yoke or clamp, between thebranches of which is placed the razorblade 1). Between this blade andthe part carrying the bladesupport A there is arranged a screw a, thespires of which are arranged near the cutting edge of the blade, saidscrew rotating horizontally between the branches of the yoke.

The arm E carries above its joint e a bent rod f, the free end of whichrests in the slotted guide F, secured to the bottom of the central tubeII. This rod f, when the apparatus is in operation, gives theblade-support A an inclination depending on the more or less lowposition given to the central spindle G. The arm E has, moreover, coiledaround itaspiral spring D, one of the ends of which presses against thelever O, in order to retain it in the normal position.

The blade-support, combined with the screw shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,is primarily arranged to be used with the tonsure apparatus. It may,however, be also used as a handrazor if the blade-support is mounted ina suitable handle, as shown in Fig. 4..

The operation of the apparatus will now be described. In order to fixthe apparatus on the head on which a tonsure is to becut or shaved,elastic or'non-elastic cords or hands are used, attached to the legs ofthe support and secured under the chin and behind the ears. regulatedso'as to cause the blade-support to oscillate in accordance with theshape of head on which the tonsure is to be out, the bladesupport A isset in its slide 13 at a suitable distance from the axis of rotation, soas to obtain a tonsure of a certain diameter. Then the apparatus is putin place by means of the The apparatus having been previously IOO cords,820., as described, the portion to be shaved having been previouslylathered. Then the shoulder or flange of the sleeve L is pressed withthe two fingers of the left hand, so as to cause the pin 9 to depressthe central spindle G with its connected parts, at the sametimedepressing the central tube H, carrying the slotted guide F. As soon asthe blade 1) comes in contact with the skin the handle N is turned bythe right hand one or two turns, whereby the blade describes a circle inorder to cut or form the outer edge of the tonsure. Then the handle N isallowed to rise slightly, whereby the blade I) is brought nearer to thecenter of rotation by means of the rod' f, which moves in the guide F,and the handle is again turned, and so on until the center is reachedandshaved. If there be a few hairs remaining in the center, it is easy toremove them by means of a hand-razor.

The combination of the screw with the blade results in the hair shavedoif and having the tendency to remain near the cutting edge and todamage or clog it being removed by the screw or driven out from theblade owing to the direction of the spires of the screw.

I claim 1. In a shaving apparatus for cutting tonsures, a centralspindle, a handle pivoted thereto at one end, and acutter-bladeadjustably carried at the other end, a central tubular shaft about saidspindle, a slotted guide carried thereby, a guide-bar attached to partof the cutter-blade support and adapted to be received by the guide, andmeans for sup porting the apparatus upon the head and for altering theposition of the cutter in a radial direction, as set forth.

2. In a shaving apparatus for cutting tonsures, a central spindle, ahandle pivoted thereto at one end,an angle plate secured upon the otherend, an arm E pivoted upon said angle-plate, lever C and carrier B forthe razor-blade support, a central tubular shaft, a slotted guidecarried thereby, a guide-bar attached to the arm E and adapted tobe re-'ceived by the guide, and means for supporting the apparatus upon thehead and for altering the position of the'cutter in a radial direction,as set forth.

3. A shaving apparatus for cutting tonsures comprising a hub Isupporting-legs S sleeve 1 slotted tubular shaft 11 spindle Gwith pin ghandle N springs L and K sleeve L, anglebar E spindle-arm E pivotedthereto, lever C pivoted upon arm E, carrier for the razor-support and arazor-support in combination with a slotted guide F and a rod f attachedto the arm E and engaging said guide as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

IRENEE MAZEL.

Witnesses:

ACHILLE MARILLIER, JEAN RoBELE'r.

